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Acquittals and disasters fill late June reports
Details from Monmouth Assizea show a woman acquitted on insanity grounds and ordered detained. News from Devonport notes the Atrato breaking down and en route to Southampton with assistances dispatched. A major fire in Kingstreet Southwark destroys warehouses and houses, with substantial damage. Additional items cover a fatal Chamounix accident, a murder acquittal at Shrewsbury Assizes, a Newport widow, a deadly cliff fall at Flamborough Head, a child-stealing probe, a Liverpool inquest on a drinking lad, an alleged Limehouse murder, and a Barnstaple death from sunstroke.
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Monmouth Assizea
Devonport
Atrato
Southampton
Kingstreet
Southwark
Guy’s Hospital
Chamounix
Stevens
de Glace
Man Harris
Barnett Zuysman
Shrewsbury Assizes
Look
Newport
Isle of Ight
England
Lock
Bridlington Quay
Flamborough Head
Chard
Marlborough-street
Hheseggions
Laverpool
Ezra Neane
Gill-street
Limehouse
Neane
Limehouse Station
Bragg
Pitt Farm
Barnstaple